diff --git a/app/models/correspondence.rb b/app/models/correspondence.rb
index 7304ceb4..03440fe9 100644
--- a/app/models/correspondence.rb
+++ b/app/models/correspondence.rb
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ class Correspondence < ApplicationRecord
   validates :email, presence: { message: "Email can't be blank" }
   validates :message, presence: { message: "Your message can't be blank" }
 
-  validates :email, confirmation: { case_sensitive: false }
-
   validates :email, format: { with: /\A.*@.*\z/,
                               message: "Email is invalid",
                               if: proc { email.present? } }
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index b8df6939..b39d2f93 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ en:
     label:
       correspondence:
         name: Full name
-        email_confirmation: Confirm email
         message: |
           Your message
         topic:
diff --git a/spec/controllers/correspondence_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/correspondence_controller_spec.rb
index 4beafdbd..d7493bb7 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/correspondence_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/correspondence_controller_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     {
       name: external_user.name,
       email: external_user.email,
-      email_confirmation: external_user.email,
       topic: "prisons and probations",
       message: "Question about prisons and probation",
     }
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@
         {
           # no name
           email: external_user.email,
-          email_confirmation: external_user.email,
           topic: "prisons and probations",
           message: "Question about prisons and probation",
         }
diff --git a/spec/factories/correspondence.rb b/spec/factories/correspondence.rb
index 4229fc57..73113624 100644
--- a/spec/factories/correspondence.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/correspondence.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
   factory :correspondence do
     name { Faker::Name.name }
     email { Faker::Internet.email }
-    email_confirmation { email }
     category { "general_enquiries" }
     topic { (Faker::Hipster.sentence word_count: 4, supplemental: false, random_words_to_add: 2)[0..59] }
     message { Faker::Lorem.paragraph(sentence_count: 1) }
diff --git a/spec/models/correspondence_spec.rb b/spec/models/correspondence_spec.rb
index 5c4d7eef..842ac141 100644
--- a/spec/models/correspondence_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/correspondence_spec.rb
@@ -65,19 +65,11 @@
   end
 
   describe "validations" do
-    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of     :name }
-    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of     :email }
-    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of     :category }
-
-    it do
-      expect(correspondence).to validate_presence_of(:topic)
-          .with_message(
-            "can't be blank",
-          )
-    end
-
-    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of     :message }
-    it { is_expected.to validate_confirmation_of :email }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:name).with_message("Full name can't be blank") }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:email).with_message("Email can't be blank") }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of :category }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:topic).with_message("can't be blank") }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:message).with_message("Your message can't be blank") }
 
     it do
       expect(correspondence).to validate_inclusion_of(:category)
@@ -87,7 +79,7 @@
     it { is_expected.to allow_value("foo@bar.com").for :email }
     it { is_expected.not_to allow_value("foobar.com").for :email  }
     it { is_expected.to validate_length_of(:topic).is_at_most(60) }
-    it { is_expected.to validate_length_of(:message).is_at_most(5000) }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_length_of(:message).is_at_most(5000).with_message("Message is too long (maximum is 5000 characters)") }
 
     it { is_expected.to validate_inclusion_of(:contact_requested).in_array(%w[yes no]) }
   end
@@ -115,7 +107,7 @@
 
       it "has an error messages" do
         correspondence.topic_present?
-        expect(correspondence.errors[:topic]).to eq [" can't be blank"]
+        expect(correspondence.errors[:topic]).to eq ["What are you contacting the Ministry of Justice about? can't be blank"]
       end
     end
   end